Lesson Library

Willie · Beginner · 6 min

Chord shells make it easier to accompany yourself quickly.

Willie · Professional · 15 min

The minor pentatonic and blues scales are really important scales to start with when learning improvisation.

Willie · Beginner · 6 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to play the 12-bar blues form along with 7th chords.

Willie · Beginner · 8 min

Learn the 3 basic rhythms you need for improvisation and comping.

Willie · Professional · 16 min

Learn how to form and play guide tones over all the chords in the blues.

Willie · Professional · 72 min

In this lesson you'll learn: how to pick out the guide tones for any chord, how to create basic rootless voicings and which tensions to add.

Willie · Professional · 131 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to improvise in 5 steps. These five steps make it easier for you to create a solo quickly without getting bogged down with too m…

Willie · Professional · 38 min

In this lesson you'll learn some more advanced improvisation techniques. We will use Cole Porter's "I Get A Kick Out of You" for improvisation. We will discuss…

Willie · Beginner · 24 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to improvise over the 12-bar blues Chicken Pox Blues.

Willie · Beginner · 24 min

Learn how to play a full 12-bar blues. You'll also learn about tags and how to transpose the blues into different keys. This prepares you for the next lesson on…

Willie · Beginner · 14 min

In this lesson we will learn how to improvise over the song Do'h blues. This is a great introduction to improvisation.

Willie · Beginner · 33 min

Learn how to create different types of triads and Root-5 accompaniments.

Willie · Beginner · 38 min

Learn Root-7 chord shells along with how to form all types of seventh chords.

Willie · Intermediate · 44 min

Learn how to create an arrangement from ONLY a lead sheet melody. We will use the Christmas classic, Silent Night to create an arrangement. Learn these techniqu…

Willie · Intermediate · 96 min

Now we will learn how to create an arrangement using the chords we created in the last lesson.

Willie · Intermediate · 53 min

In this lesson we will create a bassline in different styles to use on Silent Night.

Willie · Professional · 61 min

Learn an advanced blues progression in F along with rootless chords in the right hand.

Willie · Professional · 58 min

Learn how to create a solo over a blues bassline and play rootless chords in the right hand. If this lesson is too difficult, try the Ben's Blues lesson first.

Willie · Professional · 52 min

Learn how to create full, two-hand chords using quartals and tensions. The chord voicings are awesome to use while comping behind a soloist.

Willie · Professional · 78 min

Using the song Everything Happens to Me (pg 85 Realbook 3) you'll learn how to add motion to your chords to create a more advanced arrangement that fills the sp…

Willie · Professional · 70 min

Last homework review session for "My Ship." There is no sheet music for this lesson.

Willie · Intermediate · 207 min

In this lesson you'll learn some killer voicings that I love to us for the standard "My Ship."

Willie · Professional · 60 min

In this lesson I'll review homework from students. We are no longer accepting new homework assignments but this is a FANTASTIC way to see what other students ha…

Willie · Professional · 80 min

We start this lesson reviewing student arrangements and homework. At about 34min in we start working on the song "There Is No Greater Love."